Matthew Broderick

Col. Robert Gould Shaw

Denzel Washington

Pvt. Trip

Morgan Freeman

Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

Cary Elwes

Maj. Cabot Forbes

Jihmi Kennedy

Pvt. Jupiter Sharts

Andre Braugher

Cpl. Thomas Searles

John Finn

Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy

Alan North

Gov. John Albion Andrew

Bob Gunton

Gen. Harker

Cliff DeYoung

Col. James M. Montgomery

Christian Baskous

Edward L. Pierce

Jay O. Sanders

Gen. George Crockett Strong

Richard Riehle

Kendric, quatermaster

Mark A. Levy

Bigoted soldier

Jane Alexander

Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw (uncredited)

Raymond St. Jacques

Frederick Douglass (uncredited)

Edward Zwick

Dirección

Pieter Jan Brugge

Producción

Freddie Fields

Producción

Kevin Jarre

Escritor

Marshall Herskovitz

Escritor